Archive for September 14th, 2008
Homeowners association may hike fees – or cease to exist
LAGRANGE TWP. — The Pheasant Run Association is facing financial woes and is contemplating bankruptcy as a possible solution. The 540 homeowners in the privately owned Pheasant Run Village recently received a newsletter discussing the money problems and suggesting potential solutions, of which bankruptcy was one. Others include raising the monthly $35.90 homeowner fees — [...]
Calif. rail agency: Engineer`s error caused wreck
LOS ANGELES — A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation’s deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed 25 people and left such a mass of smoldering, twisted metal that it took nearly a day to recover all the bodies. A preliminary investigation found that [...]
Saving Texas stalwarts a race against time
GALVESTON, Texas — Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike’s storm surge early Sunday morning in a race against time to rescue those who faced a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines. As darkness fell Saturday, a search and rescue squad began pushing into a neighborhood on a [...]
No. 1 USC pounds No. 5 Ohio State, 35-3
LOS ANGELES — Southern California turned the most anticipated September game in years into another Trojans’ victory march. Mark Sanchez threw four touchdown passes, Joe McKnight rushed for 105 yards on 12 carries, and the top-ranked Trojans crushed No. 5 Ohio State 35-3 Saturday night in a matchup of two of college football’s most successful [...]
College football: No. 2 Georgia dodges South Carolina’s upset attempt
No. 2 Georgia and Knowshon Moreno made sure host South Carolina didn’t ruin a second straight shot at a championship season. Moreno’s sliding 4-yard touchdown run in the third quarter lifted the Bulldogs to a 14-7 victory over the Gamecocks on Saturday. Reshad Jones sealed the victory for the Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), intercepting [...]
N.E. Ohio Catholics plan to fight closures
CLEVELAND — Members of several Roman Catholic parishes in Cleveland worried their church’s doors will be shut by diocese officials are campaigning against the possible closures. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland is thinking of consolidating parishes because of limited finances and shrinking congregations in Northeast Ohio. More than 45 churches in the eight-county region [...]
Far from Ike`s path, an aftershock is felt: $5 gas
HOUSTON — From Florida to Tennessee, and all the way up to Connecticut, people far from Hurricane Ike’s destruction nonetheless felt one of its tell-tale aftershocks: gasoline prices that surged overnight — to nearly $5 a gallon in some places. Fears of supply shortages, and actual fuel-production disruptions, resulting from Ike’s lashing of vital energy [...]
Browns looking for a win in rivalry with Steelers
Steve Heiden’s favorite memory of playing the Steelers involves a forgotten quarterback, a professional wrestler’s pose and an expletive from one of the rivalry’s greatest trash talkers. Heiden is 1-12 versus Pittsburgh, but at least he’s got a good story. “I just remember him running one in and (Joey) Porter saying something like, ‘What the [...]
Royals sweep Indians in Saturday doubleheader
CLEVELAND — The Indians needed a doubleheader sweep of the Royals on Saturday to reach the .500 level for the first time since May. That’s going to have to wait. Instead of receiving the favorable outcome they were searching for the Indians got the exact opposite, dropping both games to the last-place Royals — 8-3 [...]
Tribe notes: Shoppach’s too good to sit the bench
CLEVELAND — Kelly Shoppach has given the Indians plenty to think about this offseason. Shoppach opened the year as the backup to catcher Victor Martinez, but the way he has performed while filling in for the injured Martinez for much of the season has Cleveland’s front office considering a bigger role for him. To avoid [...]
Assenheimer: Another Cy for one of our guys
It’s nearly that time again, when the Baseball Writer’s Association of America chooses its annual awards for both leagues — Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year. As a member of the BBWAA’s Cleveland chapter, I get to vote for one of them — the American League’s Cy [...]
Elyria loses to Kenston in title match of Rocky River volleyball Invitational
ROCKY RIVER — Seedings at the Rocky River Invitational usually don’t mean a whole lot. All that’s taken into account is records. Strength of schedule means nothing. Kenston’s victory over Elyria made the tournament’s organizers look good. Kenston — a Division II school playing a schedule filled mostly with Division II and Division III schools [...]
Coughlin: A minor issue caused me major pains
Today this story would be all over the Internet before the bulldog edition came off the presses. Forty-three years ago news traveled much slower. This story took two years to surface. It was a rainy football weekend much like this back in 1965. By Friday night the ground was saturated. Standing water reflected the lights [...]
Peter Perini
Peter Perini, 80, died peacefully and in the company of his children, at his home in Fountain Hills, Arizona on September 11, 2008. Pete was born in New Village, New Jersey on February 10, 1928. He was a proud graduate of Washington High School and The Ohio State University, and was a U.S. Army veteran [...]
City police join crime data Web site
ELYRIA — Finding out where and what kind of crimes occur in Elyria is now just a few Internet clicks away. For a monthly fee of $900, the Elyria Police Department is among the growing number of police departments in the county to use www.crime reports.com to map area crimes on a user-friendly Web site. [...]
Melvin R. Rice
Melvin R. Rice, 87, of Elyria since December of 1945, died Thursday September 11, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born December 7, 1920 in East Townsend, Ohio. Melvin retired from the Elyria Post Office as a letter carrier in January of 1987 following 34 years of service. [...]
Elyria Notebook: September 14, 2008
St. Jude celebrates football field opening More than 18 months of planning and hard work culminated Saturday with the grand opening of a football field for the St. Jude fourth- through eighth-grade football teams. To see the field come to fruition the way it did is better than good, said Tony Filiaggi, St. Jude football [...]
Anthony M. Aulisio
Anthony M. "Tony" Aulisio, 61, of Elyria, died Saturday, September 13, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. Tony was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania November 8, 1946 and lived in Elyria for most of his life. He graduated from Elyria Catholic High School with the class of 1965. He worked for [...]
James Tsarones
James Tsarones, 85, of Elyria, died Friday, September 12, 2008 at his home. He was born August 3, 1923 in Elyria and was a graduate of Elyria High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Philippines. He was the former owner of Taco Place and T & S [...]
Norma L. Wagasky
Norma L. Wagasky, (nee Prion), 83, of Elyria passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born December 9, 1924 in Mansfield, and moved to Elyria from Avon Lake 18 years ago. Norma was employed as a receptionist with Bettcher Industries before her retirement. Mrs. [...]
Don Quinn Wilson
Don Quinn Wilson, 62, of Lorain died Friday, September 12, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Brown-Robinson Funeral Home in Lorain.
Ex-Antioch teachers launch school
YELLOW SPRINGS — In a wood-paneled basement filled with boxes of nuts, bolts and screws, a college journalism class is under way. Naked wooden beams and ductwork hang overhead. The instructor’s voice competes with the sound of the furnace, which kicks on from time to time. This makeshift classroom is part of a patchwork of [...]
Federal housing program causes tension in Ohio
CINCINNATI — A federal program that helps lower-income families move into middle-class and suburban neighborhoods using rent vouchers has caused tension in some southwest Ohio communities. Almost two-thirds of metro Cincinnati’s Section 8 housing concentrated on Hamilton County, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer analysis which also noted that western Hamilton County alone has about half [...]
Film documents struggles of Haitian kids
ELYRIA — “The Sugar Babies,” a film detailing the savage conditions of Haitian children and their families in the sugar fields of the Dominican Republic, will be shown today at Lorain County Community College. Following the film will be discussion by its executive producer, Claudia Chiesi, former LCCC vice president of academic and student services. [...]
Emma M. St. Peter
Emma M. St. Peter (nee Papati), 86, of Elyria, died in her home Wednesday, September 10, 2008, after a short illness. She was born June 14, 1922 in Amherst. Emma was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Elyria. She was a homemaker and enjoyed traveling, antiques, crocheting, cooking, and spending time with [...]